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• Why urea may have been the gateway to life
  Urea reacts extremely quickly under the conditions that existed when our planet was newly formed. This new insight furthers our understanding of how life on Earth might have begun. Researchers ...
• Webb makes first detection of crucial carbon molecule in a planet-forming disc
  An international team of scientists have used data collected by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect a molecule known as the methyl cation (CH₃⁺) for the first time, located in the...
• Tackle viruses with pandemic potential
  Researchers have shed light on how a highly infectious virus, that has recently transferred from animals to people, is able to enter human cells. The University of Queensland's Dr Ariel Isaacs an...
• Scientists find PFAS in the blood of North Carolina dogs and horses
  In a new study, researchers from North Carolina State University detected elevated PFAS levels in the blood of pet dogs and horses from Gray's Creek, N.C. - including dogs that only drank bottled w...
• Biocatalysis unlocks sustainable pseudouridine production for mRNA vaccines
  mRNA vaccines gained widespread notoriety for their revolutionary power in combating the Corona pandemic. But behind the scenes, a silent hero called pseudouridine plays a crucial role in maximisin...
• New findings on the lithium-oxygen battery: Overpotential and its causes
  Lithium-oxygen batteries, often hailed as the future of rechargeable energy storage, presently face limitations that prevent their widespread adoption. One of these significant constraints is the o...
• A ground breaking advancement in the production of phosphorus-containing chemicals
  Professor Jan J. Weigand and his team from the TUD Dresden University of Technology present in a recent publication in the renowned scientific journal "Nature Synthesis" an innovative synthesis met...
• New insights on bacteria that causes food poisoning
  Latest research reveals the properties of a type of food poisoning bacteria, and paves way for establishment of preventive methods. Recently, Providencia spp. which have been detected in patients w...
• Common antioxidant can be more beneficial through glycosylation
  New research shows that polyphenolic compounds, which are commonly found in fruits and vegetables, can be combined with sugar molecules to create potential life-saving drugs. Polyphenols are a c...
• A new method for reliable planning of syntheses
  Cross-coupling reactions-chemical transformations in which two fragments are joined together-are a valuable tool in the synthesis of organic molecules. Applications range from drug development and ...
• A model that can be used to calculate the concentration of microplastics in lakes and rivers
  Every year, 14,000 tons of plastic end up in Swiss soils and waters, in part in the form of microplastics: Particles in the micro to millimeter range. Microplastics comes from many sources, such as...
• New way of identifying proteins supports drug development
  All living cells contains proteins with different functions, depending on the type of cell. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have discovered a way to identify proteins even without looki...
• Food safety: plasma instead of chemicals
  A new method for cleaning conveyor belts in food production can replace the widely used disinfection chemicals: plasma-treated water is effective against microbial contamination at a shorter exposu...
• X-rays visualise how one of nature's strongest bonds breaks
  The use of short flashes of X-ray light brings scientists one big step closer toward developing better catalysts to transform the greenhouse gas methane into a less harmful chemical. The result, pu...
• A way to reduce the overheating of semiconductor devices
  The demand to shrink the size of semiconductors coupled with the problem of the heat generated at the hot spots of the devices not being effectively dispersed has negatively affected the reliabilit...
• Novel tin-based metal-organic frameworks for reducing carbon dioxide to formate
  Researchers from Tokyo Tech have developed a tin-based metal-organic framework (MOF) that can photocatalytically reduce carbon dioxide into formate under visible light. The tin-based MOF exhibited ...
• Filming the interactions of light and matter with attosecond time resolution
  Electron microscopes give us insight into the tiniest details of materials and can visualize, for example, the structure of solids, molecules or nanoparticles with atomic resolution. However, most ...
• Plastic made from cane sugar also threatens the environment
  Traditional plastic, based on fossil oil, has flooded the earth and there is microplastic in all living things. This has led to intensive research for alternatives that decompose faster in nature. ...
• An algorithm for sharper protein films
  Proteins are biological molecules that perform almost all biochemical tasks in all forms of life. In doing so, the tiny structures perform ultra-fast movements. In order to investigate these dynami...
• Antibiotics crisis: nanoparticles as therapy guide - rapid test for sepsis
  In the case of blood poisoning, the bacteria in the blood must be identified as fast as possible so that a life-saving therapy can be started. Empa researchers have now developed "sepsis sensors" w...
• How bacteria use electricity and carbon dioxide to produce useful chemicals
  In microbial electrosynthesis, microorganisms use CO₂ and electricity to produce alcohol, for example. How this process works biologically, however, has only been speculated about until now. Re...
• New Invention for more Efficient Atomic Force Microscopes
  Tiny tips on cantilevers are used to scan a surface in an atomic force microscope. A new invention from TU Wien now provides a simpler way to measure the result. The basic principle of the atomi...